Carpet-cleaner.



No. 676,460. Patented lime I8, I90L. G. A. CUWGILL.

CARPET CLEANER.

(Application filed June 9, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNrrEn STATESPATENT Orricn.

GEORGE ANDREW OOWGILL, OF, EUPHEMIA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO A. J. UNGER, OF LEWISBURG, OHIO.

CARPET-CLEAN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 676,460, dated June 18, 1901.

I Application filed June 9, 1900. Serial No. 19,748; (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: naled at such distances apart as to hold the Be it known that I, GEORGE ANDREW COW- two thicknesses 'of carpet apart, and thereby GILL, a citizen of the United States, residing prevent their rubbbing against and wearing at Euphemia, in the county of Preble and each other as they are moved up and down 55 State of Ohio, have invented a new and useby said rollers. -A suitable brace 8 may be ful Oarpet-Oleaner, of which the following is secured to the end of the brackets at the top a specification. and bottom for the purpose of adding strength Myinvention relates to car et-cleaners,and and rigidity thereto. has for its object to produce a device of this The blowing mechanism is supported upon 6o [O kind which'will be simple, durable, and effia frame 9, which is also secured to the base cient and which can be operated by hand or 1 in any suitable manner, and is provided machine power, as desired; and it consistsin with a drum or casing 10, within which is the improved construction and novel arrangejournaled a suitable fan 11. The portion of ment of parts of the same, as will be hereinafthe drum adjacent to the standards is elon- 65 r5 ter more fully set forth. gated to provide a suitable mouth or opening In the accompanyingdrawings,in which the 12, which extends entirely across the width same reference-numeralsindicate correspondof carpet being cleaned. The top of the drum ing parts in each of the views in which they is preferably hinged to the lower portion, so occur, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my that it may be turned up into the position 70;; 2o improved carpet-cleaner. Fig.2isasectional shown in Fig. 5 for the purpose of getting View through the carpet-supporting mechanaccess to the interior for any reason. The ism, the mouth of the blower, and the dustfan is driven by means of a gear-wheel 13, escape. Fig. 3 is a plan view of one means which meshes with a pinion 14 on one end of ofsupporting the carpet. Fig.4isan enlarged the fan-shaft, said shaft being rotated by .75: detail view of the beater. Fig. 5 is a broken means of a crank-wheel 15, which engages detail view. with a pinion 16 on the shaft of the wheel 13.

My improved carpet-cleaner consists of a The shaft of the crank-wheel preferably ex-" carpet supporting and beating apparatus, tends entirely across the frame to the rear of and a blower for removing the dust from the drum; but the shaft of the gear-wheel13 8o 0 the carpet and forcing it up through a dustis journaled in the frame at one side of the escape. I prefer to secure the carpet-supdrum. The shaft of the crank-wheel is proporter and the blower upon a base 1 and sevided with a pulley 17, from which a belt 18 cure the dust-escape to the frame of the car-' runs over a pulley 19 at the end of the upper pet-supporter. The carpet-supporting frame roller 3 and slowly moves the carpet in front 85 is preferably formed from two uprights or of the mouth of the drum.

standards 2, which may be of any suitable The beaterfor the carpet comprises a frame height and arranged at such distances apart having end bars 20, connected by side bars as to receive the carpet to be operated upon. 23, which are braced by cross-pieces 2 1. The Two shafts or rollers 3 are journaled at suitend bars 20 of the frame are pivoted at one 90 I able distancesapartin said standards and may end to bracket 6 and at their opposite end to be provided with belts 4, provided with hooks pitman 22 by means of pins or bolts 25. The 5 for securing the carpet thereon, or the caropposite ends of the pitman are connected pet maybe formed into a belt and passed diwith wheels 13 by means of wrist-pins21. rectly over the rollers without the interposi- The upper bar 23 of the beater-frame carries 5 tion of the hook-belts. If desired, two bracka plurality of fingers 2t. Supplementary ets 6 can be seen red to the standards adjacent beaters may project from the outer cross-bar to the rollers and have their outer ends pro- 23 to engage with the carpet. vided with two pairs of rollers 7, over which Secured between the standards in any suitthe carpet or the belts maybe passedin travable manner is the lower end of a dust-es- 100 eling from the upper to the lower rollers 3 becape 26, the entrance or mouth of which is tween the standards. The rollers 7 are joursubstantially funnel-shaped and extends entirely across the distance occupied by the carpet and is adapted to receive a blast of air from the support and carry it through a suitable pipe or conduit 27 to any suitable chimney or point of egress. In many places the dust-escape may be dispensed with, although I prefer to use it in closed rooms to carry off the vast amount of dirt that is loosened from the carpet and carried intothe air by the action ofthe fan. If desired, the beater maybe provided with widths or flexible pieces of metal, which will be brought into contact with the carpet as the free side of the beater is moved back and forth by the pitman.

In using my improved carpet-cleaner the carpet is passed over the rollers in the supporting-frame by securing its ends together or by fastening it upon the hooks on the bolts over the rollers. The fan is then put in motion, which will also cause the heaters to be thrown violently into contact with the outer fold .or thickness of the carpet below the mouth of the drum. The continued operation of the fan and heater will loosen the dirt from the carpet and carry it oif in the current of air into the dust-escape and at the same time will cause the different portions of the carpet to pass successively under the infiuence of the beater and the fan.

One man can operate the machine while another one is getting the carpet ready for operation and be attending to other duties, thereby enabling two persons to thoroughly and'effectively cleanse a great deal of carpet in a given length of time.

Although I have shown what I consider the most desirable form for my carpet-cleaner, I

4ochanges and alterations as will come within reserve to myself the right to make such the'scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what'I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. .In a carpet-cleaner, the combination, with a carpet-support comprising two standards, forwardly-extending brackets connected therewith, rollers journaled in the standards, rollers journaled in the outer ends of the brackets for the reception of the carpet, a drum in front of the standards provided with a mouth which extends therebetween, a fan within the drum, a heater pivotally secured to the lower brackets, mechanism for operating the fan and the heater and provided with a pulley, and a belt from said pulley to one of the rollers between the standards, substantially as described.

2. In a carpet cleaner, the combination with a carpet-support, of a drum adjacent thereto, provided with a mouth, a fan in said drum, a beater positioned below the mouth of the drum and comprising a frame pivotally mounted at one end and carrying a plurality of fingers, a train of gearing for operating the fan, and a pitman from the heater to the train of gearing, substantially as described.

3. In a carpet-cleaner, the combination, With a carpet-support, comprising standards and rollers journaled therein, belts upon the rollers provided with hooks, a drum provided with a mouth adjacent to the standards, a fan Within the drum, a beater below the mouth of the drum, a train of gearing for operating the fan, and provided with a wrist-pin and a pulley, a pitman connecting the beater with the wrist-pin, and a belt from the pulley to one of the rollers for operating the hooked belts, substantially as described.

4. In a carpet-cleaner the combination, with a frame, of a drum supported thereby, and provided with a mouth, of a fan within the drum, the shaft of which is journaled in the frame and one end is provided with a pinion, of a gear-wheel .journaled at the side of the drum and in engagement with the pinion, the shaft of said wheel being provided with a pinion, a crank-wheel in engagement with said pinion, the shaft of which extends across the frame and is journaled therein to the rear of the casing, a pulley on said shaft, a carpetsupport adjacent to the mouth of the drum and provided with a series of rollers, .one of which is provided with a pulley, a belt from the pulley of the crank-shaft to the pulley of said roller, and a beater below the mouth of the drum and connected with, the gearing for operating the fan-shaft, substantially as described.

5. In a carpet-cleaner, the combination, with two standards, of rollers journ aled therein, brackets projecting from one side of said standards and provided with rollers, a drum adjacent to said standards and brackets, a fan within the drum, a heater below the drum, means for simultaneously operating the said fan, the beater and the rollers, and a dust-escape, the mouth of which is funnelshaped and is securedbetween said standards to the rear of said brackets, substantially as described.

GEORGE ANDREW COWG ILL.

Witnesses:

EARL WILSON, RoBT. SWISHER. 

